I wasn't sure I was going to post and tell you all about this, but after some contemplation, I decided I would. I have started a new blog, dedicated solely to Biblical and theological things. It is called Freedom In Christ and I will be (in a moment or two) creating a link for it on the side bar for easy access. Though I welcome comments and discussion, I'd like to keep the majority of the posts looking clean and open and free from large amounts of discussion and debate, so if you'd like to talk to me about anything in specific from it that you expect would become a larger thing, please email me instead.
Happy hunting.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
He Enables Me
There have been some things going on recently that have been very . . . . Honestly, I'm not sure what a good word for it is. Stretching, maybe, but also encouraging. I've been seeing more and more lately how much God has given to us. I mean, I used to think of God's goodness as us having good health and having a car to make it easier to get to the store or to work, and I would think of His grace as making us humble or helping us do right.
I've begun to see it in more than that though. While Zack was preaching last Sunday, it suddenly hit me, "If God had done it that way, He could have made it so that sanctification wasn't a process and therefore, we'd have had to wait for Heaven for it." Talk about something that makes you grateful. I've struggled with feelings of depression - I won't say I was depressed because I don't think I was ever THAT depressed - and usually it was because I was so tired of my sin. For me to imagine living without ANY work of sanctification started? That's a wave of gratitude.
And then there's the other thing that just struck me a few days ago. You know, God enables us to help move His plan along? How cool is that? Now, I know it with big things like being a missionary and witnessing. But it's with the little things, too.
Zack recently got promoted (YAYAYAYAYAY!). When I found out that the position was open, Zack wasn't thinking he was going to apply because they said that he had to have open availability all the time - and he wasn't going to sacrifice attending church for work. There was one day left for him to put his name in the drawing when I found out. I suggested that he should go for it anyway - I figured that one five-hour window of unavailability shouldn't get in the way of him trying. Plus, that was the next step up the corporate ladder and it was probably always going to have the same rules and he was never going to give up church for work. So, now or never, right?
Suffice to say, he decided that my advice was worth something and put his name in. He did really well on his interview and got the promotion - and most happily, he's getting moved to the day shift. =D
But, while I would like to take the credit for my advice, I know that it's absolutely not of me that I gave that advice, that I gave it in such a way that Zack thought it was sound, or that he didn't actually get in trouble for applying for a position that, technically, he didn't fit in to.
In the grand scheme of things, a promotion is not a big deal, but God let me be a part of bringing that to pass and that just thrills my soul. It's like when you're a little kid and your mom is making cookies and she lets you get up on the counter and "help" - even though it takes longer with you helping. It's just so much FUN to be a part of that. God gave me the cookie-cutter for a moment and I'm so grateful for that.
I've begun to see it in more than that though. While Zack was preaching last Sunday, it suddenly hit me, "If God had done it that way, He could have made it so that sanctification wasn't a process and therefore, we'd have had to wait for Heaven for it." Talk about something that makes you grateful. I've struggled with feelings of depression - I won't say I was depressed because I don't think I was ever THAT depressed - and usually it was because I was so tired of my sin. For me to imagine living without ANY work of sanctification started? That's a wave of gratitude.
And then there's the other thing that just struck me a few days ago. You know, God enables us to help move His plan along? How cool is that? Now, I know it with big things like being a missionary and witnessing. But it's with the little things, too.
Zack recently got promoted (YAYAYAYAYAY!). When I found out that the position was open, Zack wasn't thinking he was going to apply because they said that he had to have open availability all the time - and he wasn't going to sacrifice attending church for work. There was one day left for him to put his name in the drawing when I found out. I suggested that he should go for it anyway - I figured that one five-hour window of unavailability shouldn't get in the way of him trying. Plus, that was the next step up the corporate ladder and it was probably always going to have the same rules and he was never going to give up church for work. So, now or never, right?
Suffice to say, he decided that my advice was worth something and put his name in. He did really well on his interview and got the promotion - and most happily, he's getting moved to the day shift. =D
But, while I would like to take the credit for my advice, I know that it's absolutely not of me that I gave that advice, that I gave it in such a way that Zack thought it was sound, or that he didn't actually get in trouble for applying for a position that, technically, he didn't fit in to.
In the grand scheme of things, a promotion is not a big deal, but God let me be a part of bringing that to pass and that just thrills my soul. It's like when you're a little kid and your mom is making cookies and she lets you get up on the counter and "help" - even though it takes longer with you helping. It's just so much FUN to be a part of that. God gave me the cookie-cutter for a moment and I'm so grateful for that.
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